Communicating to Motivate and Create Action (1-day workshop)

What are the skills necessary for effective, productive communication between co-workers? In this half-day session participants learn that effective business communication is a two-way process that produces understanding, alignment and action. They develop and practice key communication skills, identify the obstacles to effective communication, learn a model for effective one-to-one communication and apply these skills to a real work-related situation.

Location

All courses will be held on The Ohio State University Campus in Columbus, Ohio. Columbus is accessible from all major airlines through the Columbus International Airport.

Instructors

Courses are facilitated and led by the faculty and staff experts from The Wilbur A. Gould Food Industries Center and QChekd Training Industry Experts. Experts from companies in the dairy industry, including Votion Enterprises, Masterleo Inc., Silliker and other speakers from regulatory agencies contribute to the training.

Lodging

Special rates are available for course participants through a block of rooms at nearby hotels, including The Blackwell Inn, Hilton Garden Inn, Spring Hill Suites and Holiday Inn Express.

About The Instructors

Al Votion

Al Votion, a Registered Sanitarian, attended St. Mary’s University, in San Antonio, Texas,
and has spent the past 30 years performing regulatory and training work in the dairy industry.

Valente B. Alvarez

Valente B. Alvarez, Professor and Extension Dairy Processing Specialist. He received his B.S., in
Biochemical Engineering at the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN), Mexico City, and his M.S. and Ph.D.
degrees in Food Science at Michigan State University.

Chuck Yarris

Chuck Yarris, Quality and Food Safety Director at Quality Chekd. Chuck has conducted workshops on various
dairy-related topics. His background has been in both the operations and quality management of dairy and juice
operations over his 35-year career in the food industry.